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ispace

Lunar payload transport and data services

Senior Sales Engineer / Sales Engineer - Sales Group

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
  • At least five years of professional experience in aerospace, satellite systems, launch systems, complex engineering products, or another high-technology industry; equivalent experience may be considered for Sales Engineer candidates depending on qualifications and achievements.
  • Experience in at least one of Systems Engineering, Product Development, Program or Project Management, or Technical Sales or Solution Engineering.
  • Experience translating customer requirements into technical solutions.
  • Experience supporting proposals, bids, government procurements, or contract capture activities.
  • Ability to coordinate among customers, partners, government organizations, and internal teams.
  • Ability to work effectively in cross-functional and multicultural environments.
  • Business-level written and verbal English proficiency, including the ability to conduct customer meetings, technical presentations, workshops, and negotiations in English.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with customers to understand mission objectives, technical requirements, and program constraints.
  • Translate customer needs into mission concepts and technical solution architectures.
  • Support development of lunar mission concepts, payload integration approaches, and service offerings.
  • Prepare technical proposals, RFI/RFP responses, bid packages, and customer presentations.
  • Lead technical discussions, workshops, and solution reviews with customers and partners.
  • Conduct technical feasibility assessments and identify programmatic and technical risks.
  • Coordinate with internal engineering teams to align customer requirements with product and mission capabilities.
  • Define and manage technical assumptions, interfaces, and compliance considerations during the proposal phase.
  • Support capture strategy development from a technical perspective.
  • Represent ispace at industry events, conferences, exhibitions, and government engagements.
  • Monitor space industry trends, government space policies, and competitive developments across APAC.
  • Identify new business opportunities and emerging market needs.
  • Support relationship building with government agencies, space agencies, commercial customers, universities, and research institutions.
  • Contribute to future service concepts and business opportunities based on customer and market feedback.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in technical sales, solution engineering, or business development within the space industry.
  • Experience supporting government-funded programs, public procurements, or institutional space programs.
  • Experience preparing RFI, RFQ, and RFP responses.
  • Experience engaging with international customers, partners, or government stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of spacecraft, satellite, lunar mission, or space infrastructure systems.
  • Systems engineering experience involving complex aerospace or high-technology products.
  • Familiarity with spacecraft subsystems and interface management.
  • Experience with mission concept development, architecture definition, or trade studies.
  • Japanese language proficiency.

About the Company

ispace

Lunar payload transport and data services

ispace develops lunar exploration and resource development, offering two main services: Payload Services, which transports customer payloads to lunar orbit or the surface using its robotic landers and rovers, and Data Services, which collects and provides lunar data for mission planning and surface development. It differentiates itself by owning its own lunar hardware, using agile development with commercially off-the-shelf components to cut costs, and pursuing a cadence of Hakuto-R missions to establish a regular cislunar transport system, while partnering with NASA under CLPS and with ESA. Its goal is to enable a growing lunar economy by delivering reliable, affordable access to the Moon for scientists, governments, and industry and by advancing the utilization of lunar resources such as water ice.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2010

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